BRICs

Review – Brazilian Foreign Policy in Changing Times

Kurt Weyland • Jul 24 2013 • Features

In examining 25 years of Brazil’s foreign policy, Vigevani and Cepaluni skillfully employ lessons from the past to inform the course the state must take to outgrow, outcompete, and eventually overtake the U.S.

Africanising the BRICS Agenda: Indications from Durban

Siphamandla Zondi • Mar 26 2013 • Articles

Hoping to mould Africa and the south as the new geopolitical centre, South Africa has attempted to sell the next BRICS Summit as an African summit.

Old Wine in New Bottles or Africa’s Millennium?

Pádraig Carmody • Feb 28 2013 • Articles

Economic, political and social change is undoubtedly afoot on the African continent. But do these current developments mean the 21st century is Africa’s or is this a case of old wine in new bottles?

Latin American Emerging Multinationals Facing the Region’s Social Challenges

Lourdes Casanova • Jan 14 2013 • Articles

Emerging multinationals in Latin America have a responsibility to be part of the solution to social problems and need to integrate policies to give back to their societies in order to make them more prosperous for all.

Globalization and the Crumbling BRICS: From Promises to Threats

Jack A. Goldstone • Nov 11 2012 • Articles

The BRICS, expected to be the motors of global recovery, are sputtering. The simplest explanation for this lies in the same factor that promoted their rapid growth: globalization.

The BRICS Bank and the Global South

Siphamandla Zondi • Oct 2 2012 • Articles

The idea of a BRICS development bank is now a huge bone of contention in South Africa, but the idea is pregnant with many positive possibilities provided it focuses on South-led global development.

South Africa and the BRICS: An Ingrained Ambiguity

Siphamandla Zondi • Jun 12 2012 • Articles

In the inaugural post of “Throwing BRICS,” Siphamandla Zondi argues that South Africa’s dual identity is an ingrained ambiguity ensuring that the BRICS will remain a major priority in its foreign policy.

Realist-Liberal Divide? Power & Progress in a World in Transition

Jack Snyder • May 21 2012 • Articles

Scholars and public commentators need to integrate the insights of the realist logic of struggle for domination and security, with the liberal logic of political development and change.

Why BRICS Matters

Oliver Stuenkel • Mar 28 2012 • Articles

Western commentators often dismiss BRICS as an acronym in search of an identity. Yet, as BRICS becomes increasingly institutionalized it is changing global discourse.

Brazil: Growing Pains of an Emerging Power

Joseph Marques • Dec 16 2011 • Articles

Much has been written about Brazil’s successful trajectory from emerging economy to emerging giant. Less attention has been given to the remaining challenges which need to be addressed.

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